CGM Night, Akihabara

Rock n' roll at the CGM Night. I got there a bit too late to hear the band unfortunately. Looks like they were a lively crew.

CGM Night was on last night at the Akiba:F Blood Bank. The CGM, Consumer Generated Marketing, events organized by Danny Choo are always a great place for people to meet up face to face from the online otaku and blogging community. It is great to be able to finally put some faces to the online names.

As always there was a good mix of tasty food, this time Mirai-chan curry was introduced and became an instant hit, good company and plenty of Figures and Dollfies.

The reception task looks like a big job to leave one of the daughters in charge of here. Hope everything goes ok. Is that a shibuya246 business card on the top?Lots of daughters on display, many from Danny's collection.Newly released Mirai-chan Poken from the dannychoo.com brand were on offer. The orange straps are a nice touch to make this a real stand out product. They were being snapped up very quickly.Plenty of Poken on offer here. Which would be your choice?

These type of events are always time consuming to organize making sure the event location is big enough to hold everyone, getting invites out, catering etc etc. It is a credit to Danny that he puts on such a good event every time and takes the trouble to help introduce people to each other. I am sure the daughters appreciate getting out of the house as well ^_^.

Very nice hair styling here and some smart accessories. The buttons on the blouse matching those on the coat are lovely.I didn't see an iPad, but there were a few people crowding round to check out this Kindle product. With the iPad coming out in full color, I think Kindle will have to respond likewise. Maybe they will build Flash into it which Apple do not seem ready to do.Joseph Tame from TameGoesWild.com is now working with White Rabbit Press. They have just released the Realtime Guide to Akihabara which gives you a guided tour of the area. I will write more about this in a post next week.There was no shortage of cameras lining up to take photographs here. The Akiba:F Blood Bank has probably never had so many photos taken of it. This one could be a good promotion piece. Would you come here to give blood if this was the poster girl?The official dannychoo.com Poken set.

Looks like this might be the mascot for the Akiba:F Blood Bank. Wonder what his name is?The CGM Nights are always a great way for people to come together. It is amazing how many people come up to you and connect having spoken mainly through the web. It is a great feeling to finally meet someone in person after talking online for so long. Nice combination of color at the Akiba:F Blood facility. Manga on the shelves with the more hospital style colorful and clean seating around the middle of the room.Danny's Lumix camera and an lens attachment in the background. The Lumix and pancake lens attached allows for some good depth of field shots even at close range.You might be seeing a few photos from Danny coming up with this lens shortly. I will leave him to introduce it and maybe show off a few shots. Will be interesting to see what the wide macro can do.Two very stylish dannychoo uniformed girls. The camera is a nice touch. I didn't see them taking too many photos of the crowd, but the crowd definitely got plenty of photos of them.The Akiba: F blood donation room. This facility is one of the best looking blood donation places I have seen. It is much better than the vans that get parked outside stations hoping to attract passerby volunteers. If you are in Akihabara and want to check it out, you should definitely put this on your list and maybe donate a pint while you are at it.Mirai-chan Curry was on offer for everyone. What a great way to sell curry. DSLR camera in one hand, automatic weapon slung over the shoulder. When out shooting you don't want to mix these two items up.You are never too old and never too young to be interested in otaku. Nice to see all age groups getting a chance to enjoy.

RT @tweetmeme CGM Night, Akihabara, Japan Anime http://bit.ly/b5yAqa I saw you speaking w/Joseph Tame in the Ustream vid taken Steve Nagata It starts at 8:18 in the vid. http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/4693295 I kept watching it to make sure it was you, and after seeing your photos I’m pretty sure it’s you. I read Peter Paynes comment about getting there also wondering if he was in the right place or not. Danny sure knows how to put a great meeting together. Wish we could have a blood center over here Like you guys have. I would definately visit it more often, especially w/live mascots like the cute one in the photo. 🙂 I don’t think Pokens would catch on over here, people would just think they’re foolish,blech!

Living and working in Shibuya for 20 years this city within the city of Tokyo is always surprising me with shops, trends and new places to visit. I hope to introduce you to many of those new and some of the old great places in Shibuya as well as touching on other Japanese related topics.